Towel cabinet



J. H. ADDLER TOWEL CAlBINEI' Aug. 4, 1931.

Filed May 2, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l 4 (Jiwewtoz Josephli fiddler Aug. 4, 1931. J. H. ADDLER 1,317,471

TOWEL CABINET Filed May 2, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 4, 1931 r omrnosmrns JOSEPH H. ADDLER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, nssreivon ro rUL-LCLEAN nine:

FACTURING CORPORATION, OF BRIDGEPO RT,

DELAWARE TOWEL CAB'INET A plication flied my e, 1930... Serial no. 449,158.

This invention relates to tow'elcabinets' ofthe type adapted. to contain a. so-ealledhcon tinuo is towel, that is, a long ien th oftowel, usually in roll form, which is a apted'to be drawn outWa'rdl' through an opening the cabinet in siiitabi e predetermined lengths for drying purposes. This type of cabinet is usiially provided With a roller mounted therein inposition to be engaged and rotated by 19 the towelas thelatter is withdrawn-from the cabinet, the said roller being effective, by the alternatestopping and releasingof the same, to control the feed of the engaged towel from the cabinet. I I V The object of the present invention is to provide an improved means for effecting the stopping and releasing of the said feed controlling roller. This means, in part, coing prises a stop member, and a slidably mounted bolt carried by th roller in am'anner to be partially projected from its'support during rotation of the roller into position for en gageinent with said stop member, to thereby F toprotation of the roller and the consequent feeding or'withdrawal of the towel, and the said stop member being operative to thereafter shift the bolt to stop releasing'position for permitting further rotation of the roller V and the consequent further feeding or withdrawal of the towel.

In the accomp n ing 'drawings'illustrating f p my in ention,

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of apoabihet eqjiii'pped With my invention, with the outer casing section and with the parts in roller 1 secured in position by; suitable fastening stopping position.

ig.2 is ajnont vie er that art of the" d bracket plate (not shown) is of like eonop deyic'e'inits normal oj Fig. 6 is a front edge view of the bolt earrying disk. I p

Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the center'of the sanie. v v v I Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional elevationoii P T T 1 CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF whereby the latter is free for further rotation the line 88 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated the arrows. I

Fig. 9 is a detail in top plan of the roller stopping and releasing mechanism, showing the, action of a cam surface on the/stop do vieeho'using block against the projecting end of the rolle'r b01t, duri'ng the closing of the lunged cover of the Cabinet casing on whioh saidblocl; is fastened.

The cabinet, Whi h may be of any desired construction or design, is'here shown asooim prising an outer casing formed in two sections 2 and 3, the front section 3 being hinged at one of its vertical edges to the rear see tion 2, as at 4, whereby the oasinginay be opened to ermit ofready access to the interior thereof. p

Located Within the casing adjacent its optowel; c ntrollin mechanism to be resently described. Only one of these bracket plates, indioated at 5, is'here shown, the same being so" osite endsare a pair of frame or bracket plates for the support ofoertain parts ofthe' means, such as the bolts 6. The opposite strnotion and similarly fastened iii position.

Carried by these bracket plates is a shelf 7 upon which is supported the roll of elem towelling, indicated at t, When so we orted, the leading end ofthe towel is led roin et plates projected through the opening in the casing to support the roller 11 at thefront side thereof as shown. From this guide roller the towel depends in loop form, as at Z, in convenient position for use; the towel at the rear side of the loop passing backwardly through the opening in the casing to a usual form of take-up or rewinding device comprising apair of rollers 12 and 13, between which the towel is passed, the roller 12 being operative to pull the engaged towel into the cabinet and rewind it upon the roller 13. The roller 12 is operated in this way from the feed roller 9 when the latter is rotated by the frictional engagement therewith of the towel upon the withdrawal of the latter from thecabinet, the connection between the rollers being the usual chain and sprocket connection employed in these cabinets, such as the sprockets 15 and 16 rigidly attached to the respective rollers and engaged by the connecting chain 17.

As hereinbefore referred to, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved means for controlling the feed or delivery of the clean towel whereby its withdrawal from the cabinet will be in predetermined lengths. This I accomplish by the provision of means for automatically stopping the roller 9 once upon each rotation thereof and therebystopping the outward feeding or withdrawal of the towel; it being understood that the friction between the towel and the roller is such as to prevent movement of the towel independently of the roller under ordinary pulling strains such as exerted in the normal use of the cabinet.

The improved means for stopping rotation of the roller 9 as referred to comprises "abolt 20 slidably mounted in a transverse bore 21 formed in a housing block or disk 22 fixedly mounted on the squared end 23 of the spindle 24 which carries the feed roller 9; this bolt 20 being freely slidable in the bore .21 for movement transversely of the roller and being limited in its sliding movement by the engagement of the spindle end 23 with the end walls of an elongated groove 25 in the upper wall of the bolt, as best shown in Figs.

3 and 4,, As a convenient means for placing the bolt in its bore 21 during the assembling of the parts, the disk 22 containing the here is provided with an endcap 26 at one side of said bore which is removably held in posi- .tion by suitable fastening means, such as screws 27.

When a length of towel is drawn out from the cabinet, thereby causing rotation of the enga ed roller 9, the bolt 20 will slide outwar ly from the roller connected disk22 under the action of gravity as it moves downwardly from a horizontal position, so as to project its outer end beyond the disk, as shown in Fig. 5. During continued rotation of the roller, the said projecting end of the bolt is brought into contact with the under face of a stop device 30, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, and so stops rotation of the roller and thereby further withdrawal of the engaged towel. Subsequently, to obtain another length of towel, the bolt is released by the stop to permit another rotation of the roller. For effecting such release of the bolt, the stop device 30, in the present form of my invention, is in the form of a push button slidably mounted for horizontal movement in a housing block 31 on the inner wall of the easing, with its head 32 at the outer side of the casing for convenient engagement by the user, and with its inner or end face adapted for pressing engagement against an end face 33 of the bolt 20, which end face 33 is brought to a position opposite the end of the stop device upon the engagement with the latter of the projecting end of the bolt as shown in Fig. 1. By pressing inwardly upon the stop device at this time, it acts to move the bolt 20 backward into its bore in the disk 22, as shown in Fig. 3, following which the stop device, upon being released by the user, will be automatically returned by a spring 35 to its normal position, as shown in Figs. 1, 1 and 5, and thereby released from stopping engagement with the roller and its bolt 20. Thereafter the roller is free to make another rotation as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

V When the stop device is pushed inwardly to move the bolt to stop releasing position, as shown in Fig. 3, its inner end engages the roller disk 22 within a transverse notch 37 therein which intersects the open end of the bore 21, as best shown in Fig. 6. With the disk so engaged, further rotation of the roller and the consequent freedom of withdrawal of another length of towel is prevented until the user releases the push button and permits its return to normal position under the action of the spring 35. This control of the feed roller is important in that it prevents con tinued rotation of the roller when the bolt has been moved'to its releasing position by the push button, until the latter is released by the user.

As hereinbefore stated, the housing block 31 which carries the combination stop and release device 30 is fastened on the front hinged section or cover 3 of the outer casing, such fastening being effected by suitable fastening means such as the bolts 39. It has been found in practice that if the bolt 20 is in a. horizontally projected position, as in Figs. 1 and 9, upon the closing of the cover 3, the block 31, as heretofore made, will strike the end of said bolt and prevent closing of the cover without jamming'or damage to some of the parts. Therefore, as a further feature of my present invention, I have providedsaid housing block with an extension 40 having an inclined orthe cover, as shown in'Fig. 9, and force it backward into its bore 9 without jamming or injury to the parts.

WVhat I claim is: 1. In a towel cabinet, the combination of a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop device, and a slidably mounted bolt carried by said stop device and the latter being slidably mounted'for movement in a direction to shift the bolt to stop releasing position.

2. In a towel cabinet, the combination of a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop device, and a slidably mounted'bolt carried by said roller adapted to be projected from its sup port during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said step at the under side thereof, the said stop device and the bolt having end faces positioned opposite each other and above their stop engaging faces when the bolt is in engagement with the stop device and the latter being slidably mounted for movement in a direction to shift the bolt to stop releasing position.

3. In a towel cabinet, the combination with the outer casing thereof, of a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop device, and a slidably mounted bolt carried by said roller adapted to be projected from its support during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said stop at one side thereof, the

said stop device and the bolt having end faces 5 positioned opposite each other when the bolt is in engagement with the stop device and the latter being slidably mounted within the easing for movement in adirection to shift the bolt to stop releasing position and havingan operating part thereof at the outer side of the caslng. I

4. In a towel cabinet, the combination of a towel feed-controlling roller, a stationary support, a stop device slidably mounted in said support, and a slidably mounted bolt carried by the roller adapted'to'be projected from its support during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said stop at the under. side thereof, the said stop device and the bolt having end faces positionedopposite each other when the bolt is in engagement with the stop device and the latter being movable in a direction to shift the bolt to stop releasing position.

5. In a towel cabinet, the combination of a towel-feed-controlling roller having a conv nected disk formed with a radial bore open at one end and a transverse notch 1ntersecting said bore, a stationary support, a stop from during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said stop device,

the said stop device and the bolt having end faces positioned opposite each other when the bolt is in engagement with the stop device and the latter being movable in a direction to shift the bolt to stop releasing position and atthe same time enter the transverse notch of the roller disk to efiect latching engagement wit-h the latter, and means for automaticallyreturning the stop device to its normal position of disengagement from the roller disk and its supported bolt.

6. V In a towel cabinet, the combination with theouter casing having a hinged cover, of a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop device mounted on said cover, a slidably mounted.

bolt carried by the roller adapted to be projected from its support, during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said stopat one side thereof, and means on said cover operative upon the closing of the lat". er to engage the projecting end of the bolt andreturn it to its retracted position.

7. 1 In a towel cabinet, the combination with the outer casing having a hinged cover, of a a towel feed-controlling roller, a stop device mounted on sald cover,'a slidably mounted bolt carried by the roller adapted to be projected from its support during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said stop at one side thereof, and a cam device on said cover operative upon the closing of the latter to engage the projecting end of the bolt and return it to its retracted position. p

8. In a towel cabinet, the combination with the outer casing having a hinged cover, of a towel feed-controllin g roller, a block mounted on said cover carrying a stop device, and

a slidably mounted bolt carried by the roller adapted to be projected from its support during rotation of the roller into position for engagement with said stopat one side thereof, r

the saidblock on the cover having a cam surface positioned andgoperat-ive upon the closing of the cover to engage theprojecting end of the bolt and return it to its retracted position. i v

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH .H. ADDLER; I

device slidably mounted in said support, a

bolt slidably mounted in, said bore, of the roller disk and adapted to be projected there V 

